1154 General Notes. [ November, 
phases into which M. A. Gaudry divides the history of the Qua- 
ternary epoch in the Paris basin. These six phases are: 
1. A hot phase, with E/ephas meridionalis, transitional between 
Tertiary and Quaternary. 
2. A grand glacial phase, with troops of reindeer and Rhinoce- 
vos tichorhinus. 
3. A second hot phase, with the hippopotamus, deer, R/anoct- 
ros merku and Elephas antiquus. 
. A temperate phase, with a mixture of the species of hot and 
cold climates, including Elephas primigenius, Rhinoceros ticho- 
rhinus and the reindeer. ; 
5. A second short cold period, the reindeer age, in which the 
rhinoceros has disappeared. ; : 
6. The present climate, to which belongs the age of polished 
stone (Neolithic). 
Tue Java Urneavat.—* London, Aug. 29, 1883. A dispatch 
from Batavia, Java, to the Lloyds, says that the towns of Anjer, 
Tjiringin and Telokbelong have been destroyed by the ee 
eruptions. It also says that all the lighthouses 1 the Sun 
straits have disappeared, and that where the mountain of Kpn 
tan formerly stood the sea now flows.. The aspect of the aere 
straits is much changed, and navigation is dangerous. The = 
wave completely destroyed Anjer. Many persons there ee 
killed. The loss of life among both Europeans and natives © — 
North Bantam was enormous. Since noon yesterday 
is now at its normal height. The town is covere 
layer of ashes, which was so hot when falling that it 
Telegraph linemen report that while they hel? at work 
a line near Anjer, early Monday morning, they saw 4 dipi 
of the sea approaching with a roaring noise. They MA m 
diately without learning the fate of the inhabitants. phe per 
at Merak have disappeared, and all the people of the PAN E 
ished.” s ‘of the a 
The above dispatch is the first account received of 005 e 
most disastrous volcanic upheavals on record, an 
greatest phenomenon in physical geography which has of time 
during at least the historical period, in the same spie 
From the daily newspaper press and an article in Natur e 
made up the following account : 
The center of disturbance is the volcano of K 
rakatoa, 4 ne 
